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Category: Economics

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“The New York of the Pacific Coast”: A Profile of Los Angeles in “Leslie’s Weekly,” 22 March 1906

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  • Posted on March 22, 2020December 29, 2020
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  • Oil Industry

Drilling for Black Gold: Promotional Materials for the Snowolene Oil Company, Los Angeles, 1923

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  • Posted on March 21, 2020September 28, 2023
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“A Skeleton Report”: Lt. R.S. Williamson on Surveys for a Transcontinental Railroad Route in California, 1854

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  • Posted on March 17, 2020December 29, 2020
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From Point A to Point B: A Pair of Photographs of a Maddux Airlines Aircraft, 16 March 1929

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  • Posted on March 16, 2020December 29, 2020
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Working the Land: “California Wine-Making” in a Harper’s Weekly Supplement, 9 March 1889

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  • Posted on March 9, 2020December 29, 2020
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If the Spirit Moves You: A Billhead from Ponet & Orr, Embalmers and Undertakers, Los Angeles, 8 March 1886

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  • Posted on March 8, 2020December 29, 2020
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A Crowning Achievement? The Los Angeles Improvement Company and Crown Hill, 1885-1890

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  • Posted on February 17, 2020December 29, 2020
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“An Act of Providence”: A Union Pacific Train Wreck on San Jose Creek near Puente, 16 February 1927

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  • Posted on February 16, 2020December 29, 2020
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“An Ingenious and Admirable Colonial Project”: The Centinela Colony, 1874-75

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  • Posted on February 15, 2020December 29, 2020
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  • Agriculture

Working the Land: “California Orange Primer,” 11 February 1907

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  • Posted on February 11, 2020December 29, 2020
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Recent Posts

  • Double Checking the History of Frederick Lambourn (1837-1914), Tutor and Ranch Foreman for the Workman Family, Part One
  • Take It To The Bank Through the Viewfinder: A Press Photo of the Site of the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los Angeles, early April 1929
  • Temples of Trade Through the Viewfinder: A Photo of the Charles C. Chapman (Los Angeles Investment Company) Building, Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles, ca. 1924, Part Five
  • Temples of Trade Through the Viewfinder: A Photo of the Charles C. Chapman (Los Angeles Investment Company) Building, Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles, ca. 1924, Part Four
  • Temples of Trade Through the Viewfinder: A Photo of the Charles C. Chapman (Los Angeles Investment Company) Building, Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles, ca. 1924, Part Three

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